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FOX Carolina 21Sex trafficking trial opens for 9 Somalis in Tenn.
The start of the trial in Nashville had been delayed several times as the court sorted through issues within the Somali refugee communities and questions about the age and identity of defendants and witnesses.
Updated: 04/09/2012 05:51P
Court overturns $79.2 million award in tobacco case
An appeals court Monday rejected a North Florida jury's call for RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. to pay $79.2 million to the daughter of a dead smoker --- overturning what could have been the largest verdict in a barrage of lawsuits against cigarette makers.
Updated: 04/09/2012 05:49P
Court snuffs out $79.2M award in tobacco case
An appeals court Monday rejected a North Florida jury's call for RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. to pay $79.2 million to the daughter of a dead smoker --- overturning what could have been the largest verdict in a barrage of lawsuits against cigarette makers.
Updated: 04/09/2012 05:49P
September trial set over Columbia River pollution
In 2009, a federal judge ordered Teck Cominco to reimburse the Colvilles for more than $1 million the tribes' had spent on the case over five years. The company also has appealed some rulings in the case all the way to the US Supreme Court.
Updated: 04/09/2012 05:03P
No excuse for lawyer's chronic lateness: judge
"He knew full well that a trial would commence and that it was his obligation to be present at 9:30 am, the time the court ordered him to appear," Mondo wrote. "Mr. Rankin's conduct in (this) case exemplifies his practice of failing to appear on
Updated: 04/09/2012 05:02P
Jurors being seated in Hudson family murder trial
Once testimony begins April 23, court officials say Hudson is expected to attend every day of the trial, which could last up to a month. She is on a 300-name list of potential witnesses, though it's not certain she will testify.
Updated: 04/09/2012 05:00P
Massachusetts high court upholds convictions of Alex Morales in murder of
By Dan Ring, The Republican The Republican file photo | David Molnar05.27.09 | SPRINGFIELD – Alex Morales testifies during his trial for the murder of Cory Lind in Hampden Superior Court. BOSTON – The state Supreme Judicial Court on Monday affirmed the
Updated: 04/09/2012 04:52P
Gaddafi son 'to face Libyan trial'
The decision comes despite appeals by rights groups to Libyan authorities to hand him over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for trial, amid fears that he may not get a fair trial in Libya. A trial in the capital Tripoli would however
Updated: 04/09/2012 04:51P
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Charles Powers Estate case. In September, the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed a trial court decision in favor of the Butlers and remanded the case for review, calling for expert testimony regarding Marcellus Shale's classification as or exclusion
Updated: 04/09/2012 04:48P
Euro court ruling may see Hamza walk free and plunge coalition into chaos
This is because of a string of judgements against Britain, including the recent ruling that hate preacher Abu Qatada cannot be sent to Jordan to face trial. Strasbourg has spent nearly two years deliberating on whether to extradite the six men,
Updated: 04/09/2012 04:47P
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